Kailua Kona

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Home to King Kamehameha, who unified the Kingdom of Hawaii and from ancient times, favored place as Big Island’s “gold coast” for outstanding sunsets, Kona is also home to Youth With A Missions’ University of the Nations (UofN). Kona’s fascinating history, the first established church in the Hawaiian archipelago is in Kona, fits well with the UofN motto of “Knowing God and Making him known”.

Carla and I were in Kona with the Anastasis in 1983 before she sailed to Honolulu where she stayed 18 months putting the sprinkler system. At that time we attended the Biblical Counseling School in Makapala, a couple miles north of Kona. It is exciting to come back 25 years later to see the vision flourish and develop.

There are students from all over the world attending UofN schools, Asia, Africa, North and South America, Europe, and Oceania. You can hear all kind of shades of English when people are not speaking with those that speak their own language, Babel reinvented.

The age is overwhelmingly not my age, what makes me fell ancient. It is a whole new generation being disciple to shape the world with a Christian; and some Christian fells that the things are getting worse and worse. Yes, there are bad things going on out there, but God continues to raise a generation for the extension of his Kingdom. 

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